Big E Honestly Admits WWE Creative Made Major Mistake

Big E recently criticized the WWE creative team for not following up with a major storyline.

Real name Ettore Ewan, suffered a career-ending injury in 2022 and had not competed ever since.

On December 2, 2024, his ‘The New Day’ stablemates, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, celebrated their faction’s 10th anniversary on Raw.

During the show, Big E came down the ramp and joined them in the ring. He proposed that he could manage them till he was capable of returning.

In return, Kingston and Woods admonished him and booted him out of the faction, turning heels in the process.

Big E Criticizes Lack Of Follow-Up On Storyline With The New Day

There is no question that Big E was a massive part of The New Day’s success as a unit. So, his getting kicked out by Kofi and Xavier has not sat well with the former WWE champion.

During an interview with Jon Alba of Sports Illustrated, the 39-year-old panned the company’s creative team for the lack of follow-up to his parting with The New Day.

I think that is a very real criticism. Creative, as you know, is a give and take. I’m only one component of it. There are a lot of other people involved.

The creative team kind of just talked to me about the general idea and I initially thought at least being able to kind of, not pass the baton, but if Kofi and Woods were going to work with another team, and I was able to kind of give them my blessing, or I had an idea I wanted to do around Rumble to kind of foil Kofi and Woods.

Because I’m with you in that, us continuing to build this angle or to build heat with someone who’s not coming back, I think doesn’t make sense. It leads fans astray. But I thought if anything, Okay, if we’re going to do this, there’s a way for me to kind of pass the torch to someone else or give them my blessing, or say, I’m aligned with you, or say, whatever it is.

There are a lot of cooks in the creative kitchen, and we felt like this was us making the best of what we were given, and yeah, that’s kind of how that went down.

But no, I agree with you and a lot of people who felt the same, and I saw a lot of that feedback after it was clear that I wasn’t coming back in a timely fashion, that it was, ‘Okay, why are we putting so much stock into an angle where one person is never coming back? There’s no retribution?’ So I think that’s a very real criticism. I heard it, and I think people have a right to feel that way. [H/T: Fightful]

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